320Si Owners/Experience?

[+49]

Was wondering if there was anyone with 320si on here or any1 whos atleast had experiance with one?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

as you can see i am possible looking to purchase one and would be greatful to share any1s experience on here

[+49]

Not one of these 400 bmws on pistonheads ? wats going on lol

[Dunk76]

A friend ran one for a bit (he's in specialist BMW car sales)

Was unimpressed with it - yes it's special, but without the VANOS you have rev it to the ends of the earth.

Didn't do a whole lot to the gallon either - sub 20mpg average if I recall.

[+49]

Hmm sub 20mpg thats pathetic an e46 m3 can average better than that my e36 318is 1.9 16v twin cam lump never ever heard of vanos and its averages 25mpg around town , and does very well on moterway probs 35mpg

[dan101smith]

This is by no means a dig, but I love how all us BMW drivers think that "doing very well" on the motorway is 35mpg!

Head over to the VAG forum and it's 55+!



(I do however appreciate that a x35d will be faster AND more economical)

[+49]

dan101smith said:

This is by no means a dig, but I love how all us BMW drivers think that "doing very well" on the motorway is 35mpg!

Head over to the VAG forum and it's 55+!


(I do however appreciate that a x35d will be faster AND more economical)

Well in my household we have owned a 53 plate passat with the all famous TDI PD 130 lump in it for over 2 years now, and all i do is praise it ,at 75mph on the moterway it can average an easy 53-55mpg(its not the 6 speed model ) around town i can actualy manage the same if its 2am at nigth lol but mostly 49mpg with my eye on the lil computer thing but drving normaly its 42mpg and so nice to just drive from a-b etc

well actualy at 65mph my 318is can manage just under 40mpg which for a 10 year old small engined heavy car is really very good , but the car is maintaied to the hilt , the max the oil every goes unchanged is 3k miles and allways with silcone fully syn pro s etc etc

i just though a car built by the same manufacter 10 years on with same engine design same kinda redline and performance plus another 100cc could manage to improve economy by 10% say

[+49]

Hmm do my calculations here

if a TDI (pd 130) manages 45mpg average thats around 10ltrs over 100mýles and at 1.33 thats 13p a mile?(i think)


if i can get an average of just under 29mpg in a 320si thats around 15.5 over 100 miles (which should be fairly easy tbh) at 1.18 that works out to 18p a mile...

now i do around 2000 miles a year (reason why i dont allready own a 535d sport as i love them)

so the 320si would be around 350-370 pounds to run over 2000 miles

the passat will be around 250-270 pounds to run over 2000 miles

wow i allways knew ppl went OTT on how much money you actualy save with a modern tdi in the UK (unless you do intergalactic miles ) but wow 100 pounds a year saving? plus we have not taken into acount that a 320si is considerbly faster standard than a 130pd as my 318is can beat it even on a 50mph onwards race (of course the IS being at optimal revs) you cant beat the passat in 5th gear roll on tho , anyhow out and out its slower

now of course if i was doing 20k a year i would be saving 1000pounds plus road tax is around 100 pounds a year cheaper so ur looking 1100 a year plus really ur gonna remap the tdi and get around the same economy (some say more just lets just say the same)so it is good but id MUCH rather have a high reving N/A engine over a tdi etc for out and out fun even tho i cant reommeond modern tdi engines more wen friends and family ask me wat car to get

but if you do fairly low miles like me there not worth it (we are also forgetting an equivalent tdi car is has stronger residual values than a petrol so ppl who buy 2nd like me and you are gonna be paying more for them first place)

ok ive gone way of the mark here lol , but anyhows anymore personal experiance/owner of a 320si? :P

Edited by +49 on Wednesday 13th August 09:40

[abarber]

A lot of people have had problems with these engines, look on e90post. I'd avoid.